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Longtime Microsoft hardware leader Panos Panay is leaving the company after 19 years

GeekWire

” The longtime Microsoft hardware chief and executive vice president led the company’s unified Windows software and hardware teams. Windows planning and release management will continue to be in this team. Build experiences that blend web, services and Windows for an AI world.

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Integrate raises $3.4M and wins Space Force contract for management software

GeekWire

Space Force to boost its program management software platform into a higher orbit. “With our new partners at Hyperplane, Riot Ventures and beyond, we have the resources to accelerate development and truly meet the needs of all companies pursuing ambitious hardware development programs,” Conafay said.

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Amazon may launch healthcare business line with at-home COVID test and other diagnostic services

GeekWire

The company first started building out its testing capabilities last year at the start of the pandemic, when it redirected workers from its Lab126 hardware group , best known for creating its Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets and Echo smart speakers. The company also sells Amazon Web Services to healthcare customers.

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Amazon Web Services gets set to ignite space accelerator program’s third stage

GeekWire

Startups in this year’s AWS Space Accelerator program include, from left, Lunasonde, which is developing a space-based radar sounding system; Raven Space Systems, which is building 3D-printed re-entry capsules; and Rogue Space Systems, which focuses of space robotic systems.

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DARPA boosts Microsoft’s far-out effort to build topological quantum computer

GeekWire

. “Experts disagree on whether a utility-scale quantum computer based on conventional designs is still decades away or could be achieved much sooner,” Joe Altepeter, US2QC program manager in DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office, said in a news release. But what kind of hardware would be best suited for quantum computing?

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO Business Intelligence

The demand for specialized skills has boosted salaries in cybersecurity, data, engineering, development, and program management. 1. IT management It’s no surprise that IT executive positions earn some of the highest average salaries, with Dice reporting an average yearly salary of $164,814 in 2022 — an 8.4%

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Tech Moves: Madrona grows investment team; MicroVision, Axon add board members; and more

GeekWire

Sharma was most recently a senior product manager at Amazon Web Services. Day has held marketing roles at Amazon Web Services and sales engagement startup Highspot. Abrams joined DomainTools in 2019 as principal product manager. based Synopsys. • Jeff Day as chief commercial officer. Carmen Rojas.